Performance Benchmark Test Disclosure

Benchmark results were obtained prior to implementation of recent software patches and firmware updates intended to address exploits referred to as "Spectre" and "Meltdown". Implementation of these updates may make these results inapplicable to your device or system. For more complete information click here.

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.

Measurements Disclosure

Measuring New Intel® Core™ Processors at Launch

Intel is a component supplier – our customers use Intel® processors to make amazing computer products for consumers. When we announce our newest processors, we don’t know yet how our customers will use them. However, the products have been in development for several years, and we have been testing them throughout the development process, so we have a good idea of what you can expect from them on some of the most common tasks for which PCs are used. But since we cannot test them before launch by purchasing and testing actual consumer products, we estimate or simulate performance using an Intel Reference Platform (an internal example new system), or by using architecture simulation or modeling.

Intel’s Best Processor Ever/Intel’s Best Processor Yet

Compared to previous generations of Intel® processors, the latest Intel® Core™ processors offer superior performance, significant improvement in graphics performance, longer battery life, and more computing 'horsepower’ at a given wattage, in a variety of devices with screens 4" to 34". Starting from Intel’s 6th generation, the latest Intel® Core™ processors offer additional hardware capability for new features of modern operating systems, such as biometric login and photographic computation. These latest Intel® Core™ processors have been optimized for performance on Windows* 10.

Explaining the Features and Benefits in New Processors

New video (4k) capability: Intel’s 6th and 7th Generation Core processors (and 5th generation products with certain graphics SKUs) can now run video with resolution up to 4096x2304 @24Hz.

Hardware/Software Interaction: Hardware generally works faster than software because software has to ‘run.’ The downside to that: hardware doesn’t change as easily, so the tasks need to be well defined. Microprocessors in PCs powered by Intel’s latest generation technology can handle many more tasks now than they used to. In fact, they can even get a little ahead of the software, so for some new features, we may have to wait until the operating system allows the hardware to take over that task. That’s why some of the newest features are ‘coming soon.’

Instant Wake (resume from sleep): On the desktop side, the processor (hardware) had handled ‘resume from sleep’ and has been ‘always on, always available’ for a couple generations already (new in 4th generation). On mobile, where we have to worry about battery degradation, resume from sleep was more complicated and was handled by the operating system (software). Now we are building processors that can wake the system from sleep in less than half a second, as just part of the system specification. The PC manufacturer may need to add some other circuitry on the mother board for this feature to fully perform (i.e. device manufacturer implementation may vary). Instant Wake is an example of hardware/software interaction, therefore a system may not wake in an instant, with an older operating system, which retains control of the ‘resume from sleep’ function.

System Testing: Battery Life

Testing Done: All testing was done internally, in Intel’s labs.

Intel Reference Platform:
As described above, we test products before launch on an ‘Intel Reference Platform. It’s intended to be similar to, although not exactly the same, as the products we expect our customers will create with our components. The performance of Intel® processors on the Intel Reference Platform may be different from actual shipping systems (once available).

Comparison Testing:
We typically compare battery life on the Intel Reference Platform to battery life on a 5 year old laptop, as many people today are using laptops five years old and even older. If we do not have 5 year old systems in our labs anymore, we go to eBay* (or similar marketplace available to an average consumer) and purchase some 5 year old systems. When we do this, we choose products that were on the high end at the time they were released, and which were built with Intel® processors which we made and shipped in high volume.

What You Need to Know About Battery Life
Battery life may vary substantially by use, system configurations, and settings. Among other things, battery life depends on the size and age of your battery, what your power settings are, how bright your screen is, what applications you are running, and whether you are using wireless or Bluetooth functions while mobile. Battery life also depends on system design, including the memory, processor, and operating system installed on your computer, and how your use your computer (e.g., playing a game or watching a video online consumes more power than word processing).

In addition, actual battery life may not match the theoretical battery life reported by a benchmark for other reasons as well. Benchmark testing is normally done on new computers with fully charged, properly conditioned batteries, yet batteries lose capacity over time and after repeated use. Moreover, users may not fully recharge or properly condition their batteries.

No single numerical measurement can completely describe the performance of a complex device like a microprocessor or a personal computer, but battery life tests can be useful tools for comparing components and systems. Nevertheless, the only totally accurate way to measure the battery life of your computer system is to test the actual software applications that you use on your own system. The battery life test results published by Intel may be inapplicable to your component or system.

Benchmarks and other performance tests are only one kind of information that you may use during the purchasing process. To get a full picture of the performance of a component or system you are considering, you should consult other sources of information (such as battery life information on the exact system you are considering purchasing). If you have any questions about the performance of any Intel® microprocessor, please view the detailed performance briefs and reports published by Intel.

The CPU (the Intel® processor) is not the primary consumer of battery power in a laptop. Lighting the screen uses the most power, and depends on the brightness setting of the screen. A hard disk drive uses more battery power than a solid-state drive (SSD). The latest Intel® processors manage the overall system to conserve power, and therefore preserve battery life. For example, with Intel 6th generation processor technology, if the system is running an HD video, the processor will automatically lower the power usage of anything else within the system that is not in use at that time.

About 5 year old systems and their batteries: Assuming that most people generally do not bother with the expense and difficulty of replacing the laptop battery, we do not replace the batteries with brand-new batteries. However we do test the batteries to ensure they hold charge normally and do not appear defective. Further, we do additional calculations, based on the power draw of the system and the original battery capacity (when the battery was new), to make sure the measurements make sense.

As Measured by Windows 10* 1080p 24fps Local Video Playback Component Average Power Disconnect all USB devices, connect to a local WiFi access point and set the screen brightness to 200 nits (disable DPST, set brightness to 200 nits on a white background and enable DPST). Wait for 10 mins for the OS to completely idle. Launch Tears of Steel (1080p H264 10MBps 24fps) video using the Windows* Movie & TV App. Measure and calculate average power for the duration of the video. Report 3 run median.

As measured by Office Productivity and Multitasking Workload: Slack is open in the background while a 2.28 MB, Microsoft PowerPoint .ppt presentation is exported as a 1920x1080 H.264 .mp4 video presentation. While the video presentation is being created 1) a 6.49 MB, 844 page, Microsoft Word .docx document is converted to a 7.98 MB, PDF file and 2) a 70.4 MB, Microsoft Excel .xlsm macro-enabled worksheet that is recalculated.

Overwatch + Twitch + Record Workload: measures average frame-rate (FPS) on Overwatch* while broadcasting to Twitch* + recording using OBS on a secondary monitor.

2 in 1s
Y and U series

Analyze and visualize data
up to 40% faster

8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™ processors

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.

As measured by Microsoft* Power BI Data Source Change Workload comparing 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U vs. 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4600U performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.

2 in 1s
Y and U series

Compress data and visuals up to 2.3 times faster

8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™ processors

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.

As measured by File Compression (Zipping) workload comparing 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U vs. 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4600U performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.

2 in 1s
Y and U series

Transform data
up to 87% faster

8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™ processors

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.

As measured by Dataset JOIN query workload comparing 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U vs. 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4600U performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.

2 in 1s
Y and U series

Gain up to 2.1 times faster multitasking

8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™ processors

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.

As measured by Office Productivity and Multitasking Workload: comparing 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U vs. 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4600U performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.

2 in 1s
Y and U series

Gain up to 80%
better overall system performance

8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™ processors

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.

As measured by SYSmark* 2014 SE comparing 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U vs. 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4600U performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.

2 in 1s
Y and U series

Gain up to 2.1 times faster DNA sequencing

8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™ processors

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.

As measured by WebXPRT* 2015 (DNA Sequencing Subscore): comparing 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U vs. 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4600U performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.

2 in 1s
Y and U series

Gain up to 2.3 times faster finance calculations

8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™ processors

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.

As measured by Large numerical calculation workload comparing 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U vs. 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4600U performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.

2 in 1s
Y and U series

Gain up to 50% faster stock option pricing

8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™ processors

Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.

As measured by WebXPRT* 2015 (Stock Option Pricing Subscore) comparing 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U vs. 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4600U performance results are based on testing performed between January 31, 2018 and February 9, 2018 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.

Performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Get real work done 1.6X faster than a 5 year old PC, even while multitasking.

Create critical work documents while watching a training video 1.6X faster vs. 5 year old PC.

1.6X faster office productivity while multitasking vs. 5 year old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 processor

Performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by Office Productivity and Multitasking Workload: The workload uses Microsoft* Word (save to PDF), Microsoft* Excel (recalc), Microsoft* PowerPoint (slide sort), and NXPowerLite* Desktop (to shrink contents with office documents) along with a video playing in the background (simulating watching a training video or recorded webcast).

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by 4K 360 Video Creation for Upload Workload: Using Cyberlink* Gear 360 ActionDirector (1.0.0.1622) - The workload consists of four source 3840x1920, ~32 Mbps, 29.97 fps, H.264, .MP4 videos that were stitched from a Samsung Gear 360 camera. The videos are added to the project timeline and produced into a single file using the "YouTube - MPEG-4 4K 3840 x 1920/30p" profile.

2 in 1s
Y and U series

Get up to 2.8X better web performance on tasks such as: photo enhancements, organizing albums, and local notes vs. 5 year-old PC.

2.8X better web performance vs. 5 year old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 processor

Performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Convert a 1 hour 4K video to make it ready to share 6.8X faster vs. 5 year old PC

Or

Up to 6X faster 4K to 1080p transcode vs. 5 year old PC

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 processor

Performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by 4K to 1080p H.264 Transcode Workload: Using Cyblerlink* MediaEspresso v7.5 - The workload file is a 12 minute and 14 second, ~1.5 GB, 3840x2160p, 17561 kbps, H.264 MP4 video file. The file is transcoded to a smaller 1920x1080, 8 Mbps, H.264, .m2ts file for reduced file size during internet transfers or for viewing on a portable device.

2 in 1s
Y and U series

All Day 4K” battery life (9.5hr)1.

(Enjoy up to 9.5 hours1 of 4K UHD video playback).

Or

9.5 Hours (66WHr, 4K panel).

Get up to 3X longer battery life on 4K HEVC 10-bit playback vs. 6th Gen.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor

Battery life and performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

1with 66 WHr battery and 4K panel. As measured by Windows* 10 4K 24fps 10bit HEVC Local Video Playback Component Average Power: Disconnect all USB devices, connect to a local WiFi access point and set the screen brightness to 200 nits (disable DPST, set brightness to 200 nits on a white background and enable DPST). Launch Tears of Steel (4K H265 24fps) video using the Windows* Movie & TV App.

2 in 1s
Y and U series

Enjoy up to 10 hours1 of 1080p video playback

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor

Battery life and performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by Windows 10* 1080p 24fps Local Video Playback Component Average Power: Disconnect all USB devices, connect to a local WiFi access point and set the screen brightness to 200 nits (disable DPST, set brightness to 200 nits on a white background and enable DPST). Launch Tears of Steel (1080p H264 10MBps 24fps) video using the Windows* Movie & TV App.

Mobile (U-Series)

Up to 55% better performance transcoding professional videos than a 5-year-old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 vPro processors

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by the Media Creation sub score of SYSmark* 2014, which is a benchmark from the BAPCo* consortium that measures the performance of Windows* platforms. SYSmark* tests three usage scenarios, including office productivity, media creation and data/financial analysis using real applications from independent software vendors such as Microsoft* and Adobe*.

Mobile (U-Series)

Up to 60% better performance in office productivity apps vs. a 5-year-old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 vPro processors

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by an office productivity sub score of SYSmark* 2014, which is a benchmark from the BAPCo* consortium that measures the performance of Windows* platforms. SYSmark* tests three usage scenarios, including office productivity, media creation and data/financial analysis using real applications from independent software vendors such as Microsoft* and Adobe*.

Mobile (U-Series)

Up to 65% faster multitasking than a 5-year-old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 vPro processors

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by SEG562, which is an office productivity and multitasking workload using Word (save to PDF), Excel* (recalc), PowerPoint* (slide sort), and NXPowerLite* Desktop (to shrink contents with office documents, kind of like compression), all while playing video in the background (simulating the watching of a business training or webcast).

Mobile (U-Series)

Get up to 55% better performance editing CAD models than a 5-year-old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 vPro processors

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by the Media Creation sub score of SYSmark* 2014, which is a benchmark from the BAPCo* consortium that measures the performance of Windows* platforms. SYSmark tests three usage scenarios, including office productivity, media creation and data/financial analysis using real applications from independent software vendors such as Microsoft* and Adobe*.

Mobile (U-Series)

Crunch sales data twice as fast as a 5-year-old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 vPro processors

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by a sales graph subscore of WebXPRT* 2015, which is a benchmark from Principled Technologies*. It measures the performance of web applications using six usage scenarios: Photo Enhancements, Organize Album, Local Notes, Stock Option Pricing, Sales Graphs, and Explore DNA Sequencing.

Mobile (U-Series)

Compile code up to 90% faster than a 5-year-old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 vPro processors

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by the 403.gcc benchmark of SPEC* CPU2006, which is a benchmark from the SPEC consortium that measures device performance and throughput using compute intensive application subtests. It measures how fast a device completes a single integer compute task, as well as how many integer compute tasks a device can accomplish in a given amount of time.

Mobile (U-Series)

Run the Monte Carlo simulation up to 45% faster than a 5-year-old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 vPro processors

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by SEG570, which is a large numerical calculation workload using the Black-Scholes model to execute approximately 300,000 iterations of the Monte Carlo simulation in Microsoft* Excel* 2016. It also uses Excel lookup functions to compare the Black-Scholes model’s put price with the historical market price for 50,000 rows to understand the convergence, creating a spreadsheet file larger than 70 MB.

Mobile (U-Series)

Analyze almost 3x as many stocks per second as a 5-year-old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 vPro processors

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by a stock pricing sub score of WebXPRT* 2015, which is a benchmark from Principled Technologies*. It measures the performance of web applications using six usage scenarios: Photo Enhancements, Organize Album, Local Notes, Stock Option Pricing, Sales Graphs, and Explore DNA Sequencing.

Mobile (U-Series)

Filter up to 60% more DNA sequences per second as a 5-year-old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 vPro processors

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by a DNA sequencing sub score of WebXPRT* 2015, which is a benchmark from Principled Technologies*. It measures the performance of web applications using six usage scenarios: Photo Enhancements, Organize Album, Local Notes, Stock Option Pricing, Sales Graphs, and Explore DNA Sequencing.

Battery life and performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Battery life and performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Create and multitask simultaneously without slowing down. Create 4K videos in 3.5 minutes versus 31.5 minutes even when you have multiple windows open vs. your 5 year old PC.

Or

Up to 9X faster 4K Video Editing vs. 5 year old PC.

7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 vPro processors

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by Intel internal test of offline movie playback using the Microsoft Windows* player and manual loading of movies. Movie titles had an average length of 105 minutes, with 1280 HRes and 720 VRes and framerate 23.976.

For up to 5 movies claim: As measured by Intel internal test of offline movie playback using the Microsoft Windows* player and manual feeding of movies. Movie titles had an average length of 105 minutes, with 1280 HRes and 720 VRes and framerate 23.976.

Based on measured Adobe* Premier Pro Workload. Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015.1 The project contains seven clips totaling 2 minutes and 21 seconds of 4K H.264 MP4 footage recorded at a bit rate of approximately 80 Mbps. The input file sizes total 1.90 GB. The video stream is 3840x2160 (4K) in H.264 format with a framerate of 29.97 FPS. The audio stream is 1536 Kbps, 48.0 KHz, 16 bit Stereo in WAV format. The performance test measures the time to export the entire clip to a 4K H.264 MP4 format. The output is a high quality 4K video file.

Laptop

UP TO 35% better 3D rendering performance
compared to the previous generation.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Get real work done 1.6x faster than a 5 year old PC, even while multitasking.

1.6x faster office productivity while multitasking vs. 5 year old PC.

7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor

Performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by Office Productivity and Multitasking Workload: The workload uses Microsoft* Word (save to PDF), Microsoft* Excel (recalc), Microsoft* PowerPoint (slide sort), and NXPowerLite* Desktop (to shrink contents with office documents) along with a video playing in the background (simulating watching a training video or recorded webcast).

2-in-1
U/Y Series

2.8x better web performance vs. 5 year old PC.

7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor

Performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by SYSmark* 2014, a benchmark from the BAPCo* consortium that measures the performance of Windows* platforms on real-world applications. Learn more at: bapco.com.

2-in-1
U/Y Series

Play your favorite games, like Overwatch on-the-go in HD.

3x better 3D Graphics vs. 5 year old PC.

7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor

Performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Get real work done 1.6x faster than a 5 year old PC, even while multitasking.

1.6x faster office productivity while multitasking vs. 5 year old PC.

7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor

Performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by Office Productivity and Multitasking Workload: The workload uses Microsoft* Word (save to PDF), Microsoft* Excel (recalc), Microsoft* PowerPoint (slide sort), and NXPowerLite* Desktop (to shrink contents with office documents) along with a video playing in the background (simulating watching a training video or recorded webcast).

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by 4K 360 Video Creation for Upload Workload:
Using Cyberlink* Gear 360 ActionDirector (1.0.0.1622) - The workload consists of four source 3840x1920, ~32 Mbps, 29.97 fps, H.264, .MP4 videos that were stitched from a Samsung Gear 360 camera. The videos are added to the project timeline and produced into a single file using the "YouTube - MPEG-4 4K 3840 x 1920/30p" profile.

2-in-1
U/Y Series

2.8x better web performance vs. 5 year old PC.

7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor

Performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by 4K to 1080p H.264 Transcode Workload:
Using Cyblerlink* MediaEspresso v7.5 - The workload file is a 12 minute and 14 second, ~1.5 GB, 3840x2160p, 17561 kbps, H.264 MP4 video file. The file is transcoded to a smaller 1920x1080, 8 Mbps, H.264, .m2ts file for reduced file size during internet transfers or for viewing on a portable device.

2-in-1
U/Y Series

"All Day 4K" battery life (9.5hr)1.

(Enjoy up to 9.5 hours1 of 4K UHD video playback).

7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor

Performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by Windows 10* 4K 24fps 10bit HEVC Local Video Playback Component Average Power:
Disconnect all USB devices, connect to a local WiFi access point and set the screen brightness to 200 nits (disable DPST, set brightness to 200 nits on a white background and enable DPST). Launch Tears of Steel (4K H265 24fps) video using the Windows Movie & TV App.

2-in-1
U/Y Series

Enjoy up to 10 hours2 of 1080p video playback.

Performance measurements on Intel Reference Platform.

Intel Reference Platform is an example new system. Products available from systems manufacturers will not be identical in design, and performance will vary.

System power management policy: DC balanced for battery life measurements, AC balanced for performance measurements on 2nd Generation system and AC High Performance on 7th and 6th Generation systems. Wireless: On and connected.

As measured by Windows 10* 1080p 24fps Local Video Playback Component Average Power:
Disconnect all USB devices, connect to a local Wi-Fi access point and set the screen brightness to 200 nits (disable DPST, set brightness to 200 nits on a white background and enable DPST). Launch Tears of Steel (1080p H264 10MBps 24fps) video using the Windows Movie & TV App.

There is no single measure of the performance of a computer system or its constituent parts. Benchmarks and performance tests (“benchmarks”) measure different aspects of the overall performance of computer systems and components. For example, some benchmarks measure system performance on specific tasks using commercially available software applications, such as editing a photo or video; other benchmarks use software programs created specifically to measure the performance of a system or its components. Benchmarks reflect many judgments about system configurations, workloads, and measurement methodology as to which reasonable benchmark developers may make different judgments, which may affect the results. Importantly, the actual performance any user may experience may be significantly different than the performance as measured by one or more benchmarks.

Benchmarks fall into two categories. Component benchmarks measure the performance of specific parts of a computer system, such as a microprocessor or hard disk drive. System benchmarks measure the performance of the entire computer system, including all of the components. In both cases, the performance seen in day-to-day usage generally varies from published benchmark performance. This is true for several reasons. First, components must be tested in a complete computer system, and it is not always possible to eliminate the considerable effects that differences in system design and configuration (such as the type of hard drive or amount of memory) have on benchmark results. Second, differences in software applications, operating systems, and compilers (programs used to generate executable software for a given platform) affect performance. Finally, benchmark tests are typically written to simulate the usage of certain types of computer applications, which may or may not be similar to the way that a particular user actually uses the application.

No single numerical measurement can completely describe the performance of a complex device like a microprocessor or a personal computer, but benchmarks can be useful tools for comparing components and systems. Nevertheless, the only totally accurate way to measure the performance of your computer system is to test the actual software applications that you use on your own system. The benchmark results published by Intel may be inapplicable to your component or system.

Benchmarks are only one kind of information that you may use during the purchasing process. To get a full picture of the performance of a component or system you are considering, you should consult other sources of information (such as performance information on the exact system you are considering purchasing). If you have any questions about the performance of any Intel microprocessor, please view the detailed performance briefs and reports published by Intel.

Intel contributes to the development of benchmarks in various ways. Intel is a member of or participant in various benchmarking organizations and consortia such as BAPCo* and SPEC*, and its employees often serve in various leadership roles. Intel also contributes programming resources, technical support, and/or funding to groups that develop benchmarks.

Principled Technologies Benchmark Disclosure: Intel is a sponsor and member of the BenchmarkXPRT* Development Community, and was the major developer of the XPRT* family of benchmarks. Principled Technologies is the publisher of the XPRT* family of benchmarks. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases.